Salary insights

Salary in Information technology in the United Kingdom

Market pay levels based on 564 offers with salary.

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Recalculated from open vacancies where the employer states pay.

Median72 452 £Half of offers pay more, half pay less
Average78 633 £Arithmetic mean of all offers
Lower quartile60 235 £25% of offers pay less
Upper quartile100 106 £25% of offers pay more

How pay is distributed

The band covers the middle half of the market (25th–75th percentile), the line marks the median.

Lower quartile60 235 £
Median72 452 £
Upper quartile100 106 £

What the numbers mean

  • Half of all offers fall between 60 235 £ and 100 106 £.
  • Every fourth offer pays more than 100 106 £.
  • The upper quartile is 66% above the lower one.
  • The average (78 633 £) is 9% above the median — a few high offers pull it up.
  • The estimate uses 564 vacancies with a stated salary.

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Vacancies with salary

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Grafana Labs United Kingdom ·

Backend Engineer - Platform - Stacks | Sweden | Remote

609 985 – 762 481 kr

Grafana Labs is the company behind Grafana Cloud, the fully managed observability platform trusted by more than 10,000 organizations to ensure reliability, resolve incidents faster, and opt…

Full time3–6 yearsRemoteUnited Kingdom
Phantom United Kingdom ·

Senior Software Engineer, Frontend

180 000 – 220 000 $

Phantom is on a mission to connect the world to the freedom of open markets. Tens of millions of people all over the world use Phantom to access global markets that never close, including p…

Full time3–6 yearsRemoteUnited Kingdom
RelationalAI United Kingdom ·

Solution Engineer

170 000 – 200 000 $

Who We Are At RelationalAI, we’re solving one of the most important challenges in artificial intelligence: how to teach large language models the logic, semantics, and business context of t…

Full time6+ yearsRemoteUnited Kingdom
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment London ·

Data Scientist

130 000 – 169 000 £

Data Scientist £500-£650 per day London | Outside IR35 The Company They are a well-established retail business with a strong focus on leveraging data to enhance customer experience and comm…

ContractOn-siteLondon
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment London ·

Data Scientist Consultant (Contract)

130 000 – 166 400 £

Data Scientist Consultant Fully Remote (Need right to work in UK) Inside IR35 £500 - £640 Per Day Start Immediately The Company They are a well-established organisation with a strong focus…

ContractOn-siteLondon
Davies Talent Solutions Norwich ·

Automation Test Engineer

104 000 – 143 000 £

Automation Test AnalystContract: 3 Months IR35 Status: Outside IR35 Location: Fully Remote Start Date: Immediate availability preferred Passionate about quality engineering and modern test…

ContractOn-siteNorwich

Frequently asked questions

Why show the median instead of the average?

The median (72 452 £) is the middle of the market: half of the offers pay more and half pay less. Unlike the average (78 633 £), it is not skewed by a handful of very high salaries.

What does the typical range mean?

From 60 235 £ to 100 106 £ is the middle half of all offers — the 25th to 75th percentile. A quarter of vacancies pay below 60 235 £ and a quarter above 100 106 £.

Where does the data come from?

From 564 open vacancies with a stated salary that Finder collects from public sources. Numbers are recalculated as the selection changes.

How do I tell whether I am paid fairly?

Compare your pay with the median and the quartiles: near 72 452 £ is the market level, above 100 106 £ is the strong quarter, below 60 235 £ is a reason to negotiate. Use the “Compare my salary” button on this page.

How we calculate salaries

Short methodology and the data behind these numbers.

  1. 1We collect offersOnly vacancies from open sources where the employer states pay are used.
  2. 2We normalise themA salary range is reduced to one comparable value per vacancy.
  3. 3We compute percentilesMedian, quartiles and the average are calculated from at least 5 offers; otherwise the wider country market is shown.
  4. 4We refresh the numbersStatistics are recomputed as new vacancies appear and closed ones drop out.

Figures are pay as published by employers: taxes, bonuses and seniority inside a grade are not accounted for.